Submitted by rocketsquirrel on Mon, 2008/04/28 - 11:13am.
Our own Congressman Jimmy Duncan thinks that the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Public Health Association, the U.S. Institute of Medicine, the American Psychological Association, and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists are a bunch of "elitists" for pointing out that abstinence-only education has increased teen pregnancies and STDs.
From Yahoo News: Lawmakers cited government statistics showing that one in four U.S. teenage girls has a sexually transmitted disease and 30 percent of U.S. girls become pregnant before the age of 20.
Republicans said even if some abstinence-only programs do not work, others do, and it would be wrong to end the funding.
Rep. John Duncan, a Tennessee Republican, said that it seems "rather elitist" that people with academic degrees in health think they know better than parents what type of sex education is appropriate. "I don't think it's something we should abandon," he said of abstinence-only funding.
Seems that Duncan is more interested in funding right-wing fundamentalist elitists than actually solving the problems of teen pregnancies and STDs. Methinks Mr. Duncan is not only out of touch, he's also going to get some letters.
And Keith Olbermann thought so highly of Jimmy Duncan's brilliant perspective, he slammed Duncan while declaring abstinence only education number two in the pantheon of 50 Bush Administration scandals:
A Tennessee Republican congressman named John Duncan says it is, quote, “elitist” that people with academic degrees in health, think they know better than parents. Of course, you wouldn‘t want anybody with an education getting involved in sex education.
